Tag Archives: Psychosis

What would happen if a team of highly qualified psychologists joined up with a team of people who knew psychosis from the inside, from their own journey into madness and then recovery – and if they collaborated in writing a … Continue reading →

ISPS is beginning to hold online meetings, which are expected to occur about monthly. The first such meeting will be Friday 12/12/14, noon EST, featuring Bertram Karon on the topic of “Who am I to treat this person? What it … Continue reading →

How to best help people with psychosis is a controversial subject, so what some people see as “progress” other people might see as a bad idea. But we need to talk about it, to understand what different people are thinking, … Continue reading →

ISPS member John Read has been a leader in researching the connection between adverse events like child abuse and later experiences seen as psychosis. Now, in his first ever blog post, he’s written a very readable and even funny account … Continue reading →

What would happen if professionals opened their minds about the nature of madness? What new possibilities might be created if they questioned labels such as “schizophrenia” and if they instead showed curiosity about the person underneath the label, and interest … Continue reading →

Just listening to Jeffrey Gehring’s Case Presentation and he referred to an incident of the uncanny in his work. At least a dozen of us raised our hands to comment about our own experiences of uncanny experiences in working with … Continue reading →

Phew, I know I promised y’all live blogging but… 1. Austen Riggs has a mysterious no cell-phone service and no wi-fi hex, so I can only blog when I am actually IN the Red Lion Inn. 2. I’m not used … Continue reading →

Posted by Jessica Arenella, Moderator “What’s all this talk about empowerment? I can tell you the definition of empowerment: “It’s a decent paycheck at the end of the week.” Quotation quoted by Patricia Deegan, Ph.D. in her incisive and inspiring … Continue reading →